Biru clan

Biru (碧鲁氏[1] /必录氏) was one of the Manchu clans incorporated into Bordered White Banner. The clan inhabited the territory ranging from Heilongjiang to Yehe valley.[2] In 1689, the clan was transferred to Bordered Yellow Banner.[3]

After the demise of the Qing dynasty, the modern-day descendants changed their surnames to Bi (毕), He (何), Yi (异). Since 1989, some modern-day descendants live in Japan.[4]

Notable figures

Males

• Zhumala (朱马喇,1605-1662), served as second rank military official and general of Hangzhou[5] and held a title of third class baron and canonised as Xiangmin (襄敏)
  • Keshan (科山), held a title of baron
    • Funing (富宁), held a title of first class baron[6]
• Ehui (d.1798), served as Viceroy of Sichuan in 1787,[7] a participant of Sino-Nepalese War and war campaigns in Taiwan against Lin Shuangwen (林爽文), a participant of war campaign pacifying White Lotus in 1796, served as a Junior Protector of Crown Prince, first rank military official and Viceroy of Yun-Gui in 1797, canonised as Kejing (恪靖) and enshrined in Xianliang temple (honour revoked in 1799)[8]
• Wenxiu (文绣), a censor
• Shanquan (善佺), an official in the Ministry of Justice (法部)

Females

Princess Consort

• Primary consort
  • Zaixun's wife, the mother of Pugong (1904–1960s), first daughter (b. 1905), second daughter (b. 1906) and third daughter (b. 1907)

References

1. "biru" meaning "beer" in Manchu
2. Chen, Mingyuan (1995). "Encyclopedia of Chinese Surnames". Beijing Book Co. Inc. pp. 596, 585.
3. Xu, Tiesheng (2017). "New edition of "100 families" ". Beijing Book Co. Inc.
4. "1031　姓氏略考－碧鲁姓－姓氏渊源_sinosurname_新浪博客". blog.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
5. Gong, Baoli (2005). "Chronicles of Shunzhi era". 遠流出版. p. 150.
6. Aisin Gioro, Hongzhou (1735). "Genealogy of the Manchu clans".
7. Li, Xueqin (1995). "Legends of Tibetan books.History". 海南国际新闻出版中心. p. 2263.
8. Zhao, Erxun (1928). "Draft History of Qing".Biography 15.